Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1Harper & Bros., 1810 - English poetry |
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Page vii
... Lycidas Comus Paradise Lost Address to Light Eve's Dream : • 87 87 88 • 92 · 97 103 132 149 150 From Paradise Regained 156 ANDREW MARVELL . Bermudas • 158 The Nymph complaining for the Death of her Fawn 159 The Garden 162 ANNE ...
... Lycidas Comus Paradise Lost Address to Light Eve's Dream : • 87 87 88 • 92 · 97 103 132 149 150 From Paradise Regained 156 ANDREW MARVELL . Bermudas • 158 The Nymph complaining for the Death of her Fawn 159 The Garden 162 ANNE ...
Page 92
... Folly , without father bred ! How little you bested , Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain , And fancies fond with 92 JOHN MILTON . Penseroso Lycidas Comus Paradise Lost Address to Light Eve's Dream.
... Folly , without father bred ! How little you bested , Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain , And fancies fond with 92 JOHN MILTON . Penseroso Lycidas Comus Paradise Lost Address to Light Eve's Dream.
Page 97
... Lycidas is dead , dead ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept , and welter to the ...
... Lycidas is dead , dead ere his prime , Young Lycidas , and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? he knew Himself to sing , and build the lofty rhyme . He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept , and welter to the ...
Page 98
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherds ' ear . [ deep Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie 98 JOHN ...
... Lycidas , thy loss to shepherds ' ear . [ deep Where were ye , nymphs , when the remorseless Closed o'er the head of your loved Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie 98 JOHN ...
Page 101
... ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth . Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more , For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed I 2 JOHN MILTON . 101.
... ye dolphins , waft the hapless youth . Weep no more , woful shepherds , weep no more , For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead , Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor ; So sinks the day - star in the ocean bed I 2 JOHN MILTON . 101.
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arms bard Bavius behold beneath bless'd bliss bosom bower breast breath bright call'd charms clouds COMUS COUNTESS OF WINCHELSEA court dark death delight divine dost doth dread earth eternal Ev'n eyes fair fame fate fear flame flowers grace grave Greece Grongar Hill grove hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly hill honour immortal JOHN DRYDEN king light live Locrine Lycidas lyre mighty mind morn mortal mountains Muse Muse's Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain peace pleasure poet praise pride proud raptures rill rise round sacred seem'd seraphic shade shepherd shines sight sing sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stamp'd stream sung sweet tears Thammuz thee thine thou thought throne Twas verse vex'd virgin virtue voice wake waves ween wild wind wings wonder youth